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April 22nd, 2011 - 7:01 am § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Aid, Africa, Corruption, and Colonialism: An Honest Conversation

Highlighting key issues not often heard enough in aid effectiveness dialogues.[...]

Tags: accountability, aid effectiveness, aid policy, aid workers, colonialism, community participation, community-based organizations, corruption, dependency, diaspora, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, grassroots organizations, INGOs, international aid, international development, local expertise, local organizations, Nelson Mandela, NGOs, philanthropy, poverty, racism, social movements, transparency 16 Comments

October 24th, 2010 - 6:35 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Pity, Pictures and Poverty

Is fundraising using ‘pitiful’ images justified if charitable organizations use the money effectively? Duncan McNicholl, founder of the "Perspectives of Poverty" project, responds on how-matters.org.[...]

Tags: aid workers, AidWatch, Australian Broadcasting Company, Boston Globe, charity, compassion, Darfur, dehumanizing images, dependency, Duncan McNicholl, engineering, Engineers Without Borders Canada, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Free Range Studios, fundraising, humanity, integrity, international aid, international development, Maclean’s Magazine, Malawi, National Public Radio, New York Post, photography, pity, poverty, poverty porn, power dynamics, racism, refugees, solidarity, Sudan, Water Wellness, YouTopia 9 Comments

August 18th, 2010 - 12:06 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Changing the aid system: 5 more ideas from the inside

A continuing list of 5 more ideas for changes in international development policy and practice. "Development policy needs to be kept real."[...]

Tags: aid workers, alternatives, Azerbaijan, bureaucracy, community participation, community-based organizations, conditionalities, dependency, donors, DRC, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Global Fund, ideas, innovation, international aid, international development, OECD, Palestine, PEPFAR, power dynamics, Red Cross, solutions, South Africa, U.N., USAID 2 Comments

August 17th, 2010 - 12:37 am § in Good Practice, Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

Changing the aid system: 5 ideas from the inside

We all know it’s easier to identify problems and critique. Here’s a starting list of 5 ideas for changes in international development policy and practice. [...]

Tags: aid workers, alternatives, bureaucracy, cash transfers, community participation, community-based organizations, dependency, donors, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, Global Fund, ideas, innovation, international aid, international development, Malawi, Mozambique, OVC, Pakistan, PEPFAR, power dynamics, Rwanda, solutions, South Africa, Swaziland, USAID, Zimbabwe 6 Comments

August 13th, 2010 - 3:08 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

Our Most Important Job

“The kids in Africa were soooo amazing and so darn cute.” And so, the smoke poured out of my ears before I could even have my morning coffee.[...]

Tags: aid workers, AIDS orphans, community participation, compassion, dependency, do no harm, foreign aid, foreign assistance, international aid, international development, J.B. MacKinnon, local leadership, orphanage, poverty, power dynamics, racism, South Africa, stoves, Uganda, voluntourism, Zimbabwe 8 Comments

August 2nd, 2010 - 9:16 pm § in Good Practice

Reuters: New report, model of best practice for aid world

For Camfed, governance is about...who controls resources, and where and to whom accountability lies within the communities it serves, said the report. It is also about the relationships and structures through which communities organise themselves.[...]

Tags: accountability, activism, AlertNet, alternatives, best practice, Camfed, Campaign for Female Education, community-based organizations, dependency, foreign aid, foreign assistance, Ghana, girls, governance, grassroots organizations, international aid, international development, Linklaters, Malawi, MDGs, NGOs, operating standards, Reuters, social capital, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe 1 Comment

July 30th, 2010 - 11:52 pm § in Reflection & Rumination

More on why ‘How Matters’

I believe that our role as “outsiders,” whether we are working for a multilateral donor in Nairobi or having wanderlust dreams during our unfulfilling job in Ohio, must be about getting community leaders the resources that they need to address their own priorities.[...]

Tags: academia, accountability, aid effectiveness, aid reform, aid workers, alternatives, community participation, community-based organizations, compassion, Dennis Whittle, dependency, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, GlobalGiving, governance, grassroots organizations, impact, international aid, international development, multilateral donor, philanthropy, power dynamics, racism, social innovation, U.N., United Nations 3 Comments

July 28th, 2010 - 2:34 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

A Heartbreaker

Yes, the paradigm of development can break our hearts. But everyday, we have a choice. Will we slump into the system? Or will we challenge the parts of it that prevent us from feeling and exhibiting compassion?[...]

Tags: academia, aid workers, AIDS, community participation, compassion, dependency, economic opportunity, education, foreign aid, foreign assistance, funding mechanisms, good governance, grassroots organizations, HIV, India, international aid, international development, Karen Armstrong, Kenya, power dynamics, South Africa, U.N., United Nations 4 Comments

June 28th, 2010 - 6:02 pm § in Guest Bloggers, Reflection & Rumination

A Question Resonates

Answers to: “If you personally could do one thing to change "the system" of foreign aid and development assistance, what would you do?” The number and diversity of responses has been overwhelming...and it keeps coming.[...]

Tags: academia, accountability, aid flows, alternatives, beneficiaries, California, compassion, dependency, deregulation, development assistance, donors, economic development, education, empathy, evaluation, foreign aid, girl child, Global North, Global South, good governance, grassroots organizations, hope, humanity, inequality, international aid, international development, love, microcredit, militarization, monitoring, NGOs, non-governmental organizations, raw inputs, red tape, U.N., United Nations, unity, women 3 Comments

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